Environmental Science, B.S. (Human Dimensions Concentration)

Required Courses (21 credits)

• APSS-210 People and the Environment (3 cr.)
• ECON-250 Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3 cr.)
• ANTH-400 Applied Anthropology (3 cr.)
• APSS-300 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr.)
• APSS-301 Qualitative Research Methods (3 cr.)
• GEOG-351 Geospatial Analysis (3 cr.)

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• Choose one of the following courses:

• ANTH-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.) or
• SOC-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.) or
• ANTH-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• GEOG-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• SOC-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• GEOG-310 Food Justice (3 cr.) or
• PAX-310 Food Justice (3 cr.) or
• GEOG-320 Introduction to Community Planning (3 cr.)

Technical Electives (12 credits)

Take 12 credits from the following courses:

• BIO-253 Wisconsin Wildlife (3 cr.)
• BIO-260 Ichthyology - Wisconsin Fishes (4 cr.)
• BIO-262 Introduction to Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health (3 cr.)
• BIO-270 Natural History of the Neotropics (4 cr.)
• BIO-323 Dendrology (3 cr.)
• BIO-324 Vascular Plant Taxonomy (4 cr.)
• BIO-343 Applied Plant Science for Conservation and Management (3 cr.)
• BIO-352 Restoration Ecology (4 cr.)
• BIO-355 Entomology (4 cr.)
• BIO-450 Aquatic Ecology and Management (4 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option)  
• BIO-452 Wetland Ecology and Delineation (4 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option)  
• BIO-460 Epidemiology (3 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option)  
• BIO-462 Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option)  
• CHEM-331 Quantitative Analysis (4 cr.)
• CHEM-353 Environmental Chemistry (4 cr.)
• CHEM-435 Instrumental Methods of Analysis (4 cr.)
• ENSC-415 Surface Water Systems Research (3 cr.)
• GEOL-440 Applied Watershed Hydrology (4 cr.)

Human Dimensions Concentration - Selectives (14 credits)

Take sufficient selective credits to reach 120 total credits from Technical Electives list or from:

• AEC-131 Architectural Graphics (3 cr.)
• AEC-357 Site Engineering (3 cr.)

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• ANTH-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• GEOG-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.) or
• SOC-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.)

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• ANTH-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.) or
• SOC-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.)

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• BIO-306 General Microbiology (4 cr.)
• BIO-325 Aquatic Vascular Plant Taxonomy (3 cr.)
• BIO-336 Infection and Immunity (4 cr.)
• BIO-430 Conservation Biology (4 cr.) (Accelerated Program Option)  
• CHEM-136 College Chemistry II (5 cr.)
• CHEM-201 Organic Chemistry I (4 cr.)
• ENSC-215 Introduction to Surface Water Resources (3 cr.)
• ETECH-333 Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) (3 cr.)

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• GEOG-310 Food Justice (3 cr.) or
• PAX-310 Food Justice (3 cr.)

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• GEOG-320 Introduction to Community Planning (3 cr.)
• GEOG-371 Advanced Cartography and Data Visualization (3 cr.)
• GEOG-452 Geographic Information Systems Research Analysis (2-4 cr.)
• GEOL-230 Soil Mechanics (3 cr.)
• LIT-275 Environmental Literature (3 cr.)
• MATH-121 Trigonometry (3 cr.)
• MATH-153 Calculus I (4 cr.)
• MATH-196 Mathematical Modeling in the Environment 3
• PAX-271 Conflict Resolution and Analysis (3 cr.)
• PHYS-241 College Physics I (5 cr.)
• RC-381 Principles of Occupational Risk Control/Safety (2-3 cr.)
• RC-383 Occupational Safety and Health Standards (3 cr.)
• ENSC-415 Surface Water Systems Research (3 cr.)